Off da border

Where did you get that 8c wallpaper?

 

Eh, don't remember to be honest. Google 8C spider and it's bound to show up though.

M'desktop.

Nice to hear that Mb, congratulations. Told ya determination never fails. :P

To tell you the truth I liked TheScottishSpotter's Countach image. Exactly the right amount of saturation for my preferences and he captured it at exactly the right angle to emphasize the reflections on the glass/car. And thankfully, none of the cyan-looking sky crap people here seem to love, it's an exposure artifact people, it makes the game look like San Andreas' hidden Liberty City (in other words, crap). It makes images look less photorealistic than they already are...

 

The Lamborghini logo on the building looks out of place to be honest but the image's merits outweigh its flaws. If I were to use a new wallpaper from TDU (which, trust me, I won't) I'd probably use this.

 

Plus, you can't go wrong with a Countach. :p

Now that's a unique way of helping, "oh why not ban him for a few hours, it's not like there's a dozen other websites he could sneak up to". :P

 

Joking aside, good luck w/your exams mate, don't forget to tell us how it went.

I know the pain, I've got a final tomorrow as well most unfortunately.

 

And I don't even know what the "other half of the book"'s about like it is the case every year since... ever.

 

Just stay off the computer for as long as you could, think of it like this: just one more week to go.

Well... to tell you the truth, I've no idea how my username came to existence. I was trying to think up a quick username to re-register on GameFAQs and I instantaneously thought of snowboarding... someone crashing down a cliff and off the border (of the cliff). Then I just converted "the" to "da" to hide the fact it took me ten seconds to come up with the name. Yeah I know, you want to kill me now. :p

 

ODB is the abbreviation. Back on GameFAQs on the prerelease NFS Most Wanted (I believe) boards some guy decided he needn't bother to type down my full username and went for the initials. Lo and behold, every single creature I know over a bunch of wires and a screen now knows me by nothing but the initials. Only a long while later on I realised those same initials also denote the unthinkable...

 

Border is another abbreviation, but is much less common.

 

Odb8492, my TDU ingame username, is the aforementioned abbreviation plus 8492, the designation of your antagonist squadron in Ace Combat 5, specifically from one of the toughest missions in Ace Combat history, "8492".

 

Then there's X-49 or X49, which is essentially the designation of a prototype aircraft from the Ace Combat series (specifically Ace Combat 3). No, not the US' sorry excuse for a high-tech chopper, but the boomerang shaped fictional hypersonic plane with lasers mounted on its forehead.

 

Oh, and sorry for bumping an old thread, felt like ranting a bit. ;)

Been wondering, what's with all the love to the Italian Independents? :P

Wha, too embarrassed to point out who he is? :p

 

Anyway, everything edited and is "clean" now.

Okay, I've made up my mind. First picture it is.

 

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The ME Four Twelve. I like the car itself, it's just that it's simply intolerable in this game. It's like driving on flat tyres with a SCRAMJET engine bolted to its bottom. And the interior is horrid. Great for photo ops though.

 

So I guess I'll go along with everyone else. It's the SSR.

I'm guessing application's open to everyone?

 

Sorry, you gotta excuse my six months inactivity. :P

Interesting, two months ago some chap had similar plans... I was to take the F430, MartinMjb the GT if I'm not mistaken and fuelmyfire the Zonda. It never got executed though.

 

The link to the original topic.

A few screens...

 

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I'm still around chaps. I just hope we don't have to do this when the F430 ends up with a flat battery. :P

Well Atari decided to screw us fans by delaying the patch further. But hey, we'll get a crappy little car called the RS4, and an even crappier car named---I think I'd better shut up before Skyline fans kill me to death. :P

 

We could've been better off with more powerful cars, the Murcielago Roadster, the Countach, the 599 GTB, and the Koenigsegg CCR to name a few. But we've got the RS4, and the, bow chicka bow wow, Skyline. Sure, they're free, but it doesn't mean we should just eat it up like nothing happened. We've been waiting for quite some time now, I think the least thing Atari could do is give us some more anticipated cars to play with.

 

I'll agree with Stinger on the hardcore mode part. While I wouldn't mind fixing the existing light cars problem I would also like some random mode where they keep the paper plane physics. It never gets boring trying to see how high will the Lamborghini Gallardo SE fly on a seaside bump or a mountain cliff.

 

And,

Please oh please put in the Carrera GT... I mean, COME ON, Forza has Porsches, and it's not too late to acquire the licence from Porsche.

Happy five hundred and twenty second birthday King Hybrid the Fourth!

 

:P

:badspelling: Isn't this car allready in the game ?

 

:happyroll:

 

Well yeah, but as I said the list was originally intended to NFS and I won't be wasting my time filtering out each and every car already in TDU. :P

It's a brilliant car, but in my humble opinion the title of the most beautiful car on the planet easily goes to the Carrera GT. Combine that with the increased practicality and jawdropping performance, and other supercar manufacturers will have earned themselves a dangerous rival. Sadly, it's out of production. Why oh why.

 

And...

 

WHY ISN'T THERE A CARRERA GT IN TDU AGAIN?

LONG LIVE THE CARRERA GT!

 

Has beaten damn near every single supercar you can think of on the Nurburgring. :)

 

And finally... amazing video! Pretty interesting, and whoever made it in the first place has impressive rendering skills.

Here's my custom-built list. It was initially for NFS, but I can't see why couldn't it be used for TDU.

 

2002 Acura NSX

2005 Acura NSX-R

2005 Acura NSX-R Race Car

2007 Alfa Romeo 8C Competizione

2005 Alfa Romeo 8C Spider Concept

2000 Ariel Atom

2003 Ariel Atom 2

2004 Aston Martin DB9

2006 Aston Martin DB-RS9

2006 Aston Martin DB-RS9 Race Car

2006 Aston Martin DBS

2004 Aston Martin V12 Vanquish

2005 Aston Martin V8 Vantage

2005 Audi A4

2005 Audi Allroad Quattro

2003 Audi LeMans Quattro Concept

2003 Audi Pikes Peak Quattro Concept

2006 Audi R10

2007 Audi R8

2005 Audi RS4

2006 Audi S8

2003 Audi TT 3.2 Quattro

2003 Bentley Continental GT

2003 Bentley Speed 8

2004 BMW M3

2001 BMW M3 GTR

2002 BMW M3 GTR Strassenversion

1995 BMW M5

2006 BMW M6

2004 BMW X5 3.0i

2006 BMW Z4 M Coupe Motorsport Racer

2006 BMW Z4 M Roadster

2006 Bugatti 16/4 Veyron

2000 Bugatti 16/4 Veyron Concept

1998 Bugatti EB118

1970 Buick GS SI

1963 Buick Skylark

1965 Buick Special

2002 Cadillac Cien Concept

2006 Cadillac Escalade

2003 Cadillac Sixteen Concept

1988 Callaway Sledgehammer Corvette

2007 Caparo T1

1968 Chevrolet Biscayne

2006 Chevrolet Camaro Concept

1969 Chevrolet Camaro SS

2002 Chevrolet Camaro SS 35-A

2000 Chevrolet Camaro ZL1 Concept

1970 Chevrolet Chevelle SS454

1969 Chevrolet Corvette

1971 Chevrolet Corvette

2002 Chevrolet Corvette (C5) Z06

2006 Chevrolet Corvette (C6) Z06

1966 Chevrolet Corvette 427

1968 Chevrolet Corvette 427

2001 Chevrolet Corvette C5R

2005 Chevrolet Corvette C6R

1969 Chevrolet Nova SS 396

2005 Chrysler 300C SRT-8

2005 Chrysler Crossfire SRT-6

2005 Chrysler Firepower Concept

2004 Chrysler ME four-twelve

2006 Citroen C-Metisse Concept

1884 Daimler Motor Carriage

1889 Daimler Patent Motor Wagen

1994 Dauer 962 LeMans

2007 Dodge Caliber SRT-4

2006 Dodge Challenger Concept

1970 Dodge Challenger R/T

1967 Dodge Charger

1968 Dodge Charger

1969 Dodge Charger 500

2006 Dodge Charger SRT-8

1969 Dodge Coronet R/T

1969 Dodge Dart 440

2006 Dodge Durango

2003 Dodge Neon SRT-4

1964 Dodge Polara 500

1969 Dodge Super Bee

1998 Dodge Viper GTS

2000 Dodge Viper GTS-R Concept

1998 Dodge Viper GTS-R Team Oreca

2003 Dodge Viper SRT-10 Competition

1998 Eagle Talon

2000 Ferrari 360 Modena

2006 Ferrari 575 GTZ

2006 Ferrari 599 GTB

2006 Ferrari 612 Kappa

2002 Ferrari Enzo

2006 Ferrari F430 Challenge

2005 Ferrari F430 Spider

1996 Ferrari F50 GT

2005 Ferrari FXX

2005 Ferrari GG50 Concept

2006 Ferrari P4/5 Pininfarina

2002 Ferrari Rossa Concept

1985 Ferrari Testarossa

2000 Fiat Coupe

2005 Fiat Punto

1971 Ford Boss 351 Mustang

1969 Ford Boss 429 Mustang

2005 Ford GT

2005 Ford GT LM

1967 Ford GT40

1995 Ford GT90 Prototype

2005 Ford GTX-1

1993 Ford Indigo

1930 Ford Model T

1967 Ford Mustang Fastback

2005 Ford Mustang GT

1969 Ford Mustang Mach I

2003 Ford Mustang Mach I

2004 Ford Mustang SVT Cobra

1970 Ford Torino Cobra

1996 FZR 2000 (NFS II)

2006 Gemballa Mirage Evolution

1997 Gillet Vertigo

1997 Gillet Vertigo Race Car

2006 Gumpert Apollo

2005 Hennessey SRT-10 Viper Venom 1000

2000 Hennessey Viper Venom 800TT

2002 Hispano-Suiza 21GTS Concept

2006 Honda Civic Concept

2006 Honda Civic Type-R

1998 Honda Prelude

2004 Hummer H3T Concept

2006 Infiniti G35

1993 Isdera Commendatore 112i

1995 Italdesign Cala

1992 Italdesign Nazca C2

1993 Italdesign Nazca C2 Spider

1997 Italdesign Scighera GT Concept

2005 Jaguar Advanced Lightweight Coupe Concept

1994 Jaguar XJ220 LM Race Car

1995 Jaguar XJ220 Pininfarina

1994 Jaguar XJ220 S TWR

2006 Jaguar XK

2007 Jaguar XKR

2005 Jeep Cherokee

2005 Jeep Hurricane

2002 Koenigsegg CC 8S

2004 Koenigsegg CCR

2006 Koenigsegg CCX

2005 Lamborghini Concept S

1989 Lamborghini Countach 25-A

2001 Lamborghini Diablo VT 6.0

2006 Lamborghini Gallardo

2007 Lamborghini Gallardo GT

2006 Lamborghini Miura Concept

2004 Lamborghini Murcielago 40-A

2004 Lamborghini Murcielago GT-R

2007 Lamborghini Murcielago LP460 Versace

2004 Lamborghini Murcielago Roadster

1996 Lamborghini Zagato Raptor

2007 LandRover LR3

2006 Lexus FX35

2006 Lexus IS 300

2003 Lexus IS 430

2005 Lexus LF-A Concept

2005 Lexus LF-C

2004 Lexus RX330

2001 Lexus SC430

2006 Lingenfelter 427 Corvette CE

2001 Lotec Sirius Concept

2004 Lotus Elise

1998 Lotus Espirit V8 Turbo

2006 Lotus Europa S

2006 Lotus Exige

2006 Maserati GranSport MC

2006 Maserati GranSport Spyder

2006 Maserati MC12 Corse

1989 Mazda 323 GTX

1999 Mazda 626 LX

1992 Mazda 929

2006 Mazda Kabura Concept

2006 Mazda MX-5 Miata

1994 Mazda MX-6 LS

2005 Mazda RX-7 Bathurst

1991 Mazda RX-7 Infini IV

1995 Mazda RX-7 R2

2002 Mazda RX-7 Spirit R

2000 Mazda RX-7 Type RZ

2002 Mazda RX-8

2001 Mazda RX-8 Concept

1994 Mclaren F1

1997 Mclaren F1 GT

1997 Mclaren F1 GTR

1995 Mclaren F1 LM

2007 Mercedes-Benz CL 63 AMG

2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK 500

2000 Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR

2002 Mercedes-Benz CLK-GTR Roadster

2006 Mercedes-Benz CLS 63 AMG

2007 Mercedes-Benz GL450

2006 Mercedes-Benz ML500

2008 Mercedes-Benz P8 Mclaren

2009 Mercedes-Benz SL300 Gullwing

2006 Mercedes-Benz SL-65 AMG

2002 Mercedes-Benz SLA-800

1997 Mercedes-Benz SLK 230

2006 Mercedes-Benz SLK-55 AMG Special Series

2007 Mercedes-Benz SLR 722 Edition

2004 Mercedes-Benz SLR Mclaren

2001 Mercury Cougar V-6

1969 Mercury Cyclone Cobra Jet

1968 Mercury Cyclone GT

2007 Mini Cooper S

2004 Mini Cooper S Convertible

2006 Mini Cooper S-Works

1997 Mitsubishi 3000GT

2006 Mitsubishi Concept X

2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse Concept

1999 Mitsubishi Eclipse GSX

2006 Mitsubishi Eclipse GT

1999 Mitsubishi Gallant GTZ

2006 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution IX FQ-3

2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution MIEV

2005 Mitsubishi Lancer Evolution VIII MR

2005 Mitsubishi Pajero Evolution

1998 NFS El Nino (NFS HP)

2000 NFS Phantom Concept (NFS HS)

1998 NFS Titan Concept (NFS HS)

1995 Nissan 240SX SE-R

1995 Nissan 340ZX Turbo

2006 Nissan 350Z GT-S

2004 Nissan 350Z Roadster

2005 Nissan Altima SE-R

2006 Nissan Fairlady Z JGTC Edition

2006 Nissan GTR Concept

1998 Nissan R390 Race Car

1998 Nissan R390 Road Car

2002 Nissan Skyline GT-R

2006 Nissan Skyline GT-R JGTC Edition

2008 Nissan Skyline GT-R Proto

1993 Nissan Sylvia S14 K's Aero

1997 Nissan Sylvia S14 K's Aero

1993 Nissan Sylvia S14 Q's Aero

1999 Nissan Sylvia S15

2006 Nissan Urge Concept

2006 Noble M15

2008 Off Da Border (ODB) Concept :)

1968 Oldsmobile Hurst

2002 Opel Speedster

2005 Pagani Zonda C12 F

2006 Pagani Zonda C12 F Roadster

2002 Panoz GT1

2002 Panoz Roadster

2007 Peugeot 206

2007 Peugeot 206cc

2007 Peugeot 207

2007 Peugeot 307

2007 Peugeot 307cc

2007 Peugeot 407 Coupe

2004 Peugeot 907 Coupe

2006 Peugeot 908 RC Concept

1971 Plymouth Cuda

1969 Plymouth GTX

1970 Plymouth Hemi Cuda

1969 Plymouth Road Runner

1970 Plymouth Road Runner

1966 Plymouth Satellite

1970 Plymouth Superbird

1965 Pontiac Catalina

1968 Pontiac Firebird

2000 Pontiac Firebird

1967 Pontiac GTO

2006 Pontiac GTO

2005 Pontiac Solistice Club Racer

2006 Pontiac Solistice GXP

1970 Pontiac Trans Am

1973 Pontiac Trans Am

1997 Porsche 911 GT1

1997 Porsche 911 GT1 Race Car

2004 Porsche 911 GT2

2007 Porsche 911 GT3

2001 Porsche 911 GT3 Race Car

2006 Porsche 911 Turbo

1997 Porsche 911 Turbo S

1987 Porsche 959 Sport

2003 Porsche Carrera GT

2002 Porsche Cayenne Turbo

2006 Porsche Cayman S

2008 Porsche Panamera Concept

2007 Porsche RS Spyder

2007 RangeRover Sport

2006 Renault Clio

2006 Renault Megane

2006 Saleen S7 TT Competition

2005 Saleen S7 Twin Turbo

2004 SCC Aero

2007 SCC Ultimate Aero

2006 Scion tC

2005 Scion xA

1966 Shelby 427 Cobra

2004 Shelby Cobra Concept

2005 Shelby GR-1 Concept

1969 Shelby GT-500

2007 Shelby GT-500 Concept

1998 Shelby Series 1

2006 Skoda Superb

2006 Smart Fortwo Grandstyle

2003 Smart Roadster

2004 Subaru Impreza WR1

2003 Subaru Impreza WRX STi

2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi JGTC Edition

2006 Subaru Impreza WRX STi S204

2002 Subaru Legacy B4

2003 Subaru R1e

2002 Suzuki Concept S

2005 Suzuki GSX-R

2006 Suzuki Swift

2005 Tesla Roadster

2007 Toyota Camry

2000 Toyota Celica Concept

2000 Toyota Celica Convertible Concept

2000 Toyota Celica GT-S

2000 Toyota Celica TRD Sports

2006 Toyota Corolla

2002 Toyota RSC

1986 Toyota Sprinter Trueno AE86

1997 Toyota Supra

2003 Toyota Supra

2004 Toyota Supra JGTC Edition

1993 Toyota Supra Turbo

2000 TVR Cerebra Speed 12

2005 TVR Sagaris

2005 TVR Tuscan S

2003 Volkswagen Concept R

2005 Volkswagen Golf GTI

2006 Volkswagen Golf R32

2006 Volkswagen New Beetle

2004 Volkswagen New Beetle Dune

2006 Volkswagen New Beetle RSi

2004 Volkswagen New Beetle RSi Cup Car

2002 Volkswagen Touareg

2001 Volkswagen W12 Nardo Concept

2006 Volvo S60

2006 Volvo S80

2006 Volvo XC90

Ey' EY'! It's not hideous!!! :D I drive one mate...

 

No no, the car isn't hideous of course, it's a work of art. What's hideous though is the paint scheme I'm trapped with. :)

 

Oh, and as for traffic, I think it would be... unnecessary. Except perhaps in that scene where the "presenters were joined by a man on a bike" according to Clarkson, in which some dude in a Ducati 999R should pop a wheelie between the Zonda and the F430... There ya go, another position to fill. :P

Why oh why weren't the bonus cars a Countach, an RUF or a Testarossa or maybe something like the Veyron. Or better yet, BMWs and PORSCHES! If they want an Audi so badly they could just put in a proper one, the LeMans Quattro or the R8, and for a Nissan they could put in the R390 Road Car. I mean, A SKYLINE AND AN RS4? These are the least two cars I'd want in the entire game.

Hey off da border it's me FAT_PIZZA from GAMEFAQS! (i know off da border from the NFS boards on Gamefaqs & the the TDU board)

 

Hey fat_pizza how's it going? Nice to see you around mate! We should meet up in TDU sometime. :)

Is Physics and Maths A Level hard? I wanna do them for A-Levels.

 

Maths? Not at all, though it needs quite a lot of brain capacity. It doesn't need much studying aside from knowing the rules but it does need a HUGE amount of practice, especially to get the hang of some of the integration problems. But overall if you have a good set of gears in your head doing the thinking and practice solving lots of different sorts of problems, you're pretty much on your way to an easy A grade. In fact, IMO, the Maths is one of the easier A-levels to get an A in.

 

As for Physics, it is a bit tougher than Maths. A-level Physics basically takes what you learned from your Maths A-level and builds up on it. It needs the solid brains required for Maths and combines it with the need for good studying capacity, so yes getting an A grade in Physics can be a bit hard, especially in some parts concerning the Operational Amplifier and perhaps the Photoelectric Effect. You need to be a bit of a hard worker, but when compared to say, the harder A-levels like Chemistry, Physics is good to go.

 

Let me point out that the Maths and Physics combo is a really good one. Both support each other and so you won't have to stretch yourself in different directions when studying for your exams. So yes, I'd say go for it especially if you're a Maths braniac.